Beardstown Home Burns In Early Morning Fire on Monday
By Benjamin Cox on October 1, 2024 at 8:26am
One home burned early yesterday in the City of Beardstown. According to a report from the Beardstown Fire Department, emergency dispatch received a report of a structure fire in the 1200 block of Adams Street just after 1:30AM Monday. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the basement and 1st floor windows. […]
Menard Co. Man Arrested By ISP For Child Pornography
By Benjamin Cox on October 1, 2024 at 6:45am
A Menard County man is behind bars after an Illinois State Police arrest on Thursday. 51-year old Shane E. Guernsey of Petersburg was arrested by the Illinois State Police and booked into the Menard County Jail on one count of dissemination of child pornography. Guernsey was officially charged on Friday, according to online court records. […]
South Jacksonville PD Entering Final Phase of Camera System Upgrades
By Benjamin Cox on October 1, 2024 at 6:28am
The Village of South Jacksonville Police Department is going into a third and final phase of updating its camera systems all around the department. Village Police Chief Eric Hansell says that the upgrades began in 2022 when the department upgraded its body-worn cameras and tasers with the company Axon, and then the worked continued with […]
Ashland Retiree Is Official Write-In Candidate Taking on Miller in 15th Congressional District
By Benjamin Cox on October 1, 2024 at 6:12am
A retiree from Ashland is taking on incumbent Republican 15th District Congresswoman Mary Miller as an official write-in candidate in the November General Election. 70-year old William Bonnett of Ashland told the Alton Telegraph this week he is running as a “volunteer” Democrat during this election cycle as a write-in for the seat in the […]
Budzinski Leads Letter to USPS, DeJoy About Slowing of Rural Delivery
By Benjamin Cox on September 30, 2024 at 3:28pm
13th District Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski is once again going after U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy with a bipartisan letter urging him to reconsider slowing down rural mail delivery. Budzinski was joined by 18 other members of Congress saying that by slowing rural mail delivery, it would exacerbate already delayed delivery times in rural areas. In August, […]
JWCC Hosting Ag Education Center Open House in Baylis on Oct 14.
By Benjamin Cox on September 30, 2024 at 3:27pm
John Wood Community College is inviting the public to an open house to show off their ag program at the Ag Education Center in Baylis in a few weeks. John Wood is hosting the open house on Monday, October 14th from 9AM to Noon at the Ag Education Center, located on Illinois Route 104 in […]
Tennessee Man Who Shot Morgan Co. Officer After Multi-County Hi Speed Chase Receives 28 Year Prison Sentence
By Benjamin Cox on September 30, 2024 at 6:22am
A Tennessee man who shot the Chapin Chief of Police after a high speed chase through 3 counties two years ago has been sentenced to prison. 31-year old Daniel B. Payne of Greenbrier, Tennessee pleaded guilty on Friday in Brown County Circuit Court to Class X felony aggravated discharge of a firearm at a police […]
Village of South Jacksonville Returns to Own Water Service; Eyes Lead Line Surveillance & Replacement Next
By Benjamin Cox on September 30, 2024 at 6:07am
The Village of South Jacksonville returned to it own water service on September 17th after more than a year of being supplied water by the City of Jacksonville. Village Public Utility Superintendent Brian English gave a report to the village board of trustees on September 19th in written communication that the return to service at […]
Excrement-Laced Missive Leads to JPD Arrest
By Benjamin Cox on September 30, 2024 at 5:29am
Jacksonville Police cited a man after he left a letter covered in poo in a neighbor’s mailbox. Officers were called to a home in the 700 block of Allen Avenue at approximately 8AM Saturday after an individual said a male subject had left a handwritten letter covered in feces in their mailbox. Upon arrival, officers […]
Jacksonville Man Arrested Twice Friday Morning for Burglary
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 28, 2024 at 8:46am
Jacksonville Police responded to a call of a vehicle burglary in progress early Friday morning. Officers were called to the 900 block of North Prairie Street just after 5 am after a caller told West Central Joint Dispatchers that a man was in her vehicle. Upon arrival and a subsequent investigation, 20-year-old Peyton J. Surratt, […]